THE NEXT BIG THING: The U.S. publication of Eat Up marks the arrival of a major new voice in food writing; a modern day Laurie Colwin who speaks to how we eat now in ways that feel refreshing, uplifting, and inspiring.

A NEW FOOD MANIFESTO: Move over, Michael Pollan. Eat Up! is a bold new vision of food in the twenty-first century. It’s a call to take pleasure in eating, to free ourselves from snobbery. Tandoh’s book is an important work of self-care, and a call to celebrate food of all kinds, and from all cultures.

AUTHOR PLATFORM: Tandoh’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Vice, Eater, Food52, and elsewhere. She was formerly a columnist for The Guardian (launching pad for all the best transatlantic food writers) and has been profiled in The New York Times. She has a strong fan base (117k followers on Twitter, 93k on Instagram), and is beloved in the food world (of Eat Up!, Nigella Lawson raves, “I read it greedily. Thank you.”). The book is sure to draw lots of attention from food media.

MORE TO COME: Eat Up is the first title on our two book deal with Tandoh. Her next, Cook As You Are—a cookbook for the way we all really cook at home—is forthcoming from Knopf in Fall 2022. A sort of companion piece to Eat Up!, it puts into practice the accessible, real world cooking that Tandoh champions here.

BESTSELLER: Eat Up! was a Sunday Times bestseller in the UK. Tandoh will be adding and adapting some new material for U.S. readers.

RUBY TANDOH is an author and journalist who has written for the New Yorker, the Guardian, Vittles and Elle. A finalist on the 2013 Great British Bake Off, she has written Eat Up, a book about the pleasure of eating, as well as three cookery books, Crumb, Flavour and Cook As You Are.



Author Residence: London, England

Author Hometown: Essex, England

“A simultaneously challenging and forgiving manifesto, one that combines memoir, research and recipes in a call for us all to be skeptical of fads, inviting of others, and gently confident with ourselves and our tastes.” —Salon

“A colorful, thoughtful collection that reads like memoir-meets–food science, perfect for foodies and anyone looking to examine their relationship with food and celebrate the joy of eating.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“[Tandoh] looks at food as a ’whole picture,’ sharing facts and culinary studies that will uplift readers—from waxing poetic about the liberating joys of baking to citing studies that correlate the pleasure humans derive from food to its nutritional power…. Home cooks will appreciate the handful of recipes sprinkled throughout, such as a sweet potato and smoky butternut squash stew with chickpea dumplings.” —Publishers Weekly

“Part memoir, occasional cookbook, and mostly manifesto, this book…will have those ready to tackle the problems of Western food culture nodding ’Yes!’ as Tandoh challenges the status quo.” —Booklist